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The Hospital Lobby’s Very Good Deal

The hospital lobby is out in force urging states to expand their Medicaid programs. Their faulty claims are spurring Republicans governors to embrace the giant expansion of the broken, costly Medicaid program. This week, Governor Kasich of Ohio and Governor Snyder of Michigan became the fifth and sixth Republican governors to announce their desires to further embrace consolidated federal health care through the expansion. But why would hospitals who are focused on delivering high-quality health care to their patients embrace such a bad idea? The answer: Protecting their bottom-line.

Health Care & Entitlements Legislative Alerts

The Moral Dangers of the Entitlement State

November 13, 2012 J

By Jason Hughey Too often, conservatives and libertarians focus on the purely pragmatic failures of the entitlement state. While it can prove interesting to debate among policy experts, track down new CBO reports, rummage through fancy charts, and extrapolate talking points from data, we must always remember to hold fast to the moral analysis that [...]

Welcome to ObamaCare Part XIV: Medicaid Admits Lower Payments Equals Less Care

November 02, 2012 J

By: Nicole Kaeding Yesterday, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new regulation with a long, technical title “Payments for Services Furnished by Certain Primary Care Physicians.” But what is noteworthy about this regulation isn’t the title–it’s the contents. This regulation is an explicit endorsement of what Americans for Prosperity has been [...]

Obama Forgets He Consolidated Health Care

October 17, 2012 J

By: Nicole Kaeding Last night’s second presidential debate provided President Obama and Governor Romney another chance to define their campaigns and plans for the next four years. In all of the back and forth between the two candidates, President Obama slipped in one line that perfectly shows how out-of-touch he is from his own failing [...]

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